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Nov. 3, 1964 R. TAYLOR 3,155,940

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CODED PAPER TAPE TO MAGNETIC TAPE TRANSLATOR Filed March 9, 1960 21Sheets-Sheet 15 FIG. i511 SYNC REGISTER CONTROL Nov. 3, 1964 R. L.TAYLOR 3,155,940

CODED PAPER TAPE TO MAGNETIC TAPE TRANSLATOR Filed March 9, 1960 21Sheets-Sheet l6 SYNC REGISTER CONTROL FIG. 15b

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cooEn PAPER TAPE TO MAGNETIC TAPE TRANSLATOR Filed March 9, 1960 21Sheets-Sheet l8 F 17 WRITE REGISTER WR TE REG TR 1 92 6 A1 927 05 920 DE+R rm an 1 R BIT I R IT WRITE REG TR R BIT 2 WRITE REG TR 4 R BIT 4 +5BIT 4 R BIT 4 WRITE RE -R NOT BIT 8 +5 BITB R BIT B WRITER R NOT HIT A+5 BIT A R BIT A WRITE REG TR B R BIT B +S BIT B R BIT B WRITE REG TR-AI R NUT BIT C R BIT C +S CLEAR E +8 BIT 0 WHITE REG FIG. I9 9 3 R BITC Nov. 3, 1964 R. L. TAYLOR 3,155,940

CODED PAPER TAPE TO MAGNETIC TAPE TRANSLATOR Filed March 9, 1960 2,1Sheets-Sheet 19 FIG. 18a WRITE REGISTER INPUT +5 TRANSFER SUB 955 +5TRANSFER N0 CHECK +s TRANSFER CHECK 934 +PDISCH smc REG 44 c 936 955 p+PDISCH SYNC REG 45 K c 937 P +PDISCHSYNCREG42 c 958 939 P s 940 +PDISCH0 DE DE DE DE DE DE DE SYNC REG 4! P s s s s s s s s 941 DE DE DE DE DEDE DE 1 S S 5 S S sus N CHECK CHECK 5R4 SR3 SR2 942 Rm +AC +AC +AC +AC:Ag gAC ZACH B|T2 R s R sue N0 CHECK HECK SR4 5R3 +AC +AC +AC +AC +AG+AC +AC 4 R R R S R R S R S R sue K K SR4 R SR2 4 SR4 94 NOV. 3, 1964TAYLOR 3,155,940

CODEZD PAPER TAPE TO MAGNETIC TAPE TRANSLATOR Filed March 9. 1960 21Sheets-Sheet 20 BIT8 FIG. 18b

3. IN A CODED PAPER TAPE TO MAGNETIC TAPE CONVERTER SYSTEM INCLUDING AMAGNETIC TAPE RECORDER AND A PAPER TAPE READER FOR RECORDING ON MAGNETICTAPE IN CONTINUOUS MODE A SERIES OF CODED CHARACTERS FROM A PAPER TAPE,THE PAPER TAPE READER BEING ARRANGED FOR READING AT ONE TIME THE CODEDESIGNATIONS MAKING UP A CHARACTER INTO AN INCLUDED READ REGISTER, ANDGENERALLY PROVIDING TIMING SIGNALS DERIVED FROM THE CHARACTER ON PAPERTAPE FOR CONTROLLING THE CHARACTER RATE OF THE MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDER,WHICH MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDER INCLUDES A WRITE REGISTER, THE COMBINATIONCOMPRISING: (A) A MASTER PROGRAM TIMER RESPONSIVE TO THE TIMING SIGNALSDERIVED BY THE PAPER TAPE READER FROM THE CHARACTERS; (B) A QUANTITY NOF PARALLEL DATA PATHS INTERMEDIATE THE READ AND WRITE REGISTERS, EACHDATA PATH INCLUDING A SYNCHRONIZING REGISTER; AND (C) MEANS RESPONSIVETO SAID MASTER PROGRAM TIMER FOR DIRECTING SUCCESSIVE CHARACTERS FROMTHE READ REGISTER TO THE WRITE REGISTER VIA SELECTED ONES OF SAID DATAPATHS IN TURN IN A REPETITIVE SEQUENCE, WHEREBY IN THE SEQUENCE OFCHARACTERS 1,2,3 . . . N, N+1, N+2, IN A CHARACTER CYCLE FOR CHARACTERN+2, A MASTER PROGRAM TIMER SEQUENCE IS GENERATED AS CHARACTER N+2 ISREAD FROM PAPER TAPE TO SAID READ REGISTER, CHARACTER 1 IS WRITTEN ONMAGNETIC TAPE, CHARACTER 2 ENTERS SAID WRITE REGISTER AS IT ISDISCHARGED FROM A SELECTED SYNCHRONIZING REGISTER, CHARACTERS 3 TO N+1REMAIN STORED IN THE N-1 RESPECTIVE OTHER SYNCHRONIZING REGISTERS, ANDCHARACTER N+2 ENTERS THE SELECTED SYNCHRONIZING REGISTER FROM WHICHCHARACTER 2 WAS DISCHARGED AS CHARACTER N+2 TRAVERSES SAID READREGISTER.